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English
Etymology
Borrowed from Hindi धनिया (dhaniyā).
Noun
dhania (uncountable)
- (India, cooking) Coriander.
2015 July 10, “Saving our city centres, one local market at a time”, in The Guardian:All can find a stall selling something familiar – and maybe something new to try, whether it’s yams or plantain, dhania or jellied eels.
Anagrams
Swahili
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Arabic ظَنَّ (ẓanna).
Verb
-dhania (infinitive kudhania)
- to imagine, to picture
- to assume
Conjugation
Conjugation of -dhania
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Positive present
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-nadhania
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Subjunctive
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-dhanie
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Negative
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-dhanii
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Imperative singular
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dhania
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Infinitives
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Imperatives
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Tensed forms
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Habitual
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hudhania
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Positive past
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positive subject concord + -lidhania
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Negative past
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negative subject concord + -kudhania
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Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadhania)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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ninadhania/nadhania
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tunadhania
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2nd person
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unadhania
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mnadhania
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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anadhania
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wanadhania
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -nadhania
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Negative present (negative subject concord + -dhanii)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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sidhanii
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hatudhanii
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2nd person
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hudhanii
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hamdhanii
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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hadhanii
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hawadhanii
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other classes
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negative subject concord + -dhanii
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Positive future
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positive subject concord + -tadhania
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Negative future
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negative subject concord + -tadhania
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Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dhanie)
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Singular
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Plural
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1st person
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nidhanie
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tudhanie
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2nd person
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udhanie
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mdhanie
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3rd person
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m-wa(I/II)
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adhanie
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wadhanie
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other classes
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positive subject concord + -dhanie
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Negative subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -sidhanie
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Positive present conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngedhania
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Negative present conditional
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positive subject concord + -singedhania
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Positive past conditional
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positive subject concord + -ngalidhania
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Negative past conditional
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positive subject concord + -singalidhania
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Perfect
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positive subject concord + -medhania
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"Already"
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positive subject concord + -meshadhania
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"Not yet"
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negative subject concord + -jadhania
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"If/When"
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positive subject concord + -kidhania
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"If not"
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positive subject concord + -sipodhania
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Consecutive
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kadhania / positive subject concord + -kadhania
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Consecutive subjunctive
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positive subject concord + -kadhanie
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Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Hindi धनिया (dhaniyā).
Noun
dhania (n class, plural dhania)
- coriander
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